Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 7, 2017)
Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create and test a new Medicare model for advanced illness and care management that would enable certain Medicare beneficiaries with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illnesses, to voluntarily engage in a planning process to obtain specialized care consistent with their health care goals. At least one participant in this model must be a hospice program.
The model requires an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, nurses, and social workers to work together to provide beneficiaries and their caregivers with information and services on disease trajectory, treatment options, and available care.
Information on advance care planning must be included in the Medicare & You Handbook.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must: (1) award grants to certain public or private entities to increase awareness of advance care planning and advanced illness care, (2) establish the Advance Care Planning Advisory Council to advise HHS on issues relating to advanced and terminal illnesses, and (3) issue an annual report analyzing the circumstances of deceased Medicare beneficiaries.
What just happenedJun 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 7, 2017
- Jun 15, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jun 9, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jun 7, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Jun 7, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 7, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jun 7, 2017IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E777-778)
- Jun 7, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House